Question :
I am trying to read from a URL and display the contents in an Applet. I am using URL,HttpURLConnection classes. I am consistently getting Connection time out Exception. I am unable to connect. Could any one help me out with this. I have tried some TimeOut handler classes available on the net but still I am getting the same Exception. Please provide your comments if you have come across similar problems before.

the IP address for the requested server is successfully found connection establishment packets are dispatched to the IP address the destination address deliberately ignores or does not receive them
similar to connection timeout is Connection Refused, but in this case the destination system is actually sending packets back saying "go away, there is no service running on the port you are trying to connect to"
your packets are just being lost.. either the system or some intermediate system is firewalled. follow CMA's advice.. if you cant connect using telnet, a browser or some other app, its a network problem, not a java one

I'm getting a ConnectException: Connection timed out with some frequency from my code. The URL I am trying to hit is up. The same code works for some users, but not others. It seems like once one user starts to get this exception they continue to get the exception.

java.net.ConnectException:Connection timed outCaused by: java.net.ConnectException:Connection timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(NativeMethod)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:516)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:466)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:157)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:365)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:477)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:214)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:287)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:299)

Solution:

Connection Timeouts (assuming a local network and several client machines) typically result from
a) some kind of firewall on the way that simply eats the packets without telling the sender things like "No Route to host"
b) packet loss due to wrong network configuration or line overload
c) too many requests overloading the server
d) a small number of simultaneously available threads/processes on the server which leads to all of them being taken. This happens especially with requests that take a long time to run and may combine with c).

A segmentation fault occurs when a program attempts to access a memory location that it is not allowed to access, or attempts to access a memory location in a way that is not allowed (for example, attempting to write to a read-only location, or to overwrite part of the operating system).
Segmentation fault can also occur under following circumstances:
a) A buggy program / command, which can be only fixed by applying patch.
b) It can also appear when you try to access an array beyond the end of an array under C programming.
c) Inside a chrooted jail this can occur when critical shared libs, config file or /dev/ entry missing.
d) Sometime hardware or faulty memory or driver can also create problem.
e) Maintain suggested environment for all computer equipment (overheating can also generate this problem).